A New Chapter
[ " Nevertheless,
the advent of Hitler may well open a new chapter in German postwar history.
It makes the class-struggle in Germany more violent than it has been before.
The Nazis have now co-operated with the most capitalistic sections of Germany.
In the Cabinet, led by Hitler, there are Nationalist industrialists and great
landowners. The German workers will be more bitter in their opposition to
the Government than they were to Schleicher. Therefore, many people fear
that Hitler, in spite of his desire to unite all classes and all creeds, will
only succeed in making Germany more divided into master and worker than ever.
Hitler will
find this problem of the workers the most difficult he has to deal with.
In his wireless speech he has promised that by his Four-Year Plan no unemployed
man will be left in Germany at the end of four years. Is this not too
great a promise? Will not the disillusion sweep away the present
foundations of Germany?
Hitler has gone
so much to the Right, away from Socialism to Nationalism that he is bound to
lose the faith which Radical elements in his party have in him. "]
Hitler’s Great Task
[ " Hitler promises
to overcome Bolshevism in Germany and to crush the followers of Marx. But
it is misery and hunger, and not agitation, that have made 6,000,000 Germans
vote for the Communist Party. If Hitler fails to banish misery and hunger
many more millions will vote for the Communist Party, and the already
nerve-stricken Germany will again be on the verge of civil war.
In German
politics, however, nothing can be prophesied. There are to be elections on
March 5th, and what will happen then no one knows. Perhaps there will be a
National Dictatorship. Perhaps … but no one can tell. " ] |
| Hitler rising to absolute power |
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